#void's ramblings

[artofthevoid]

Ever think about how Pearl spent so much of her time alone in a tower back in dl? And how that tower has become the symbol of her loneliness and isolation? Ever think about how much her teammates have been pushing her away this season, despite all of her attempts to help and protect them? Ever think about how the lighthouse is a tower?

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on that job application grind 🤧🤧

[artofthevoid]

Grian (everyone who gets too close to him dies) immediately saying he specifically wants to be allies with, in his own words, the strongest people. Grian (everyone who gets too close to him dies) immediately teaming up with Pearl ("You know everyone dies when they're with me, right? You know that?"). Grian (everyone who gets too close to him dies) instantly declaring himself and his teammates "the villains" and trying to burn as many other bridges as reasonably possible.

Pearl ("You know everyone dies when they're with me, right? You know that?") offering him food and trying to make sure that he's okay.

Pearl and Grian both understanding what it's like to be a danger to their friends and allies, just by sticking with them. Just by being too close.

Gem choosing to stick around regardless.

"We'll hold your hand, yeah."

What a team.

[artofthevoid]

It's really funny to me that they're referred to as the Calamity Trio so often by the fandom. I know they did kind of cause the apocalypse and also that the main reason they're called that is actually because of their connections to the Calamity Box, but still. It's as if we all just went, hey, what's a good name for those three? How about "disaster"? Yeah, sure, that fits.

[artofthevoid]

idk something about Gem and Grian sending Pearl to her death and not even realizing until it was too late. something about how there was distance there from the very beginning but she did clearly still matter to them in some way. something about Etho telling them they threw her away like a rag, at her funeral, and how even if it was a cruel thing to say and it wasn't exactly right it also wasn't quite as wrong as it should've been, and how they both seemed to know that. something about how "the worst of us" applies to Jimmy but also to them. something about them realizing that maybe they should've been there with her, instead of sending her off alone during all of that, after she was already dead and gone. something about how that whole time it seemed like they wanted the Pearl everyone was afraid of, the Pearl everyone was imagining, instead of the Pearl they had. something about them calling themselves "the villains" from the very beginning. about what that implies. about Grian being singled out and targeted in wl for knowing about the wildcards and Gem being feared this season even when she hadn't done anything yet. about what everyone else sees when they look at them v.s. who they really are. about the ways they've both spiraled and the reputations they've both embraced. about Pearl having a similar reputation but struggling against it. what if, to Pearl, the name "villains" was a mockery of the way everyone else saw them, but to Gem and Grian, it was acceptance? what if they wanted that version of her, like they wanted those versions of themselves? and what if, even as the distance between her and them grew, she stayed with them anyway, because the last thing she wanted was to lose them, to watch them suffer alone the way she had once upon a time? what if she chose them, and they chose what everyone wanted them to be, and it killed her? and they couldn't even see it until she was already gone?

[artofthevoid]

The life series fanart depicting grian as off-brand link as a throwback to his appearance way back when is funny and all, but the fanart that takes the contrast between off-brand link grian and current grian and makes angst out of it is. wow. like you really had to tear my heart out and leave it on the floor huh? that hurts. keep doing it please

[artofthevoid]

Grian told Jimmy to read the script. The script dictates that Grian's allies always die. Just something to think about

[artofthevoid]

thinking about the line "the best of us, killed by the worst of us" and how even though Jimmy killed Pearl it was Gem and Grian who sent her to her death. thinking about how before the three of them chose to call themselves the villains they were all kind of already seen that way. thinking about how them leaning into that and trying to get her to do the same ultimately led to this. thinking about how they wanted her to be the terrifying villain they'd heard so much about, without stopping to think about the consequences or what was really going on. thinking about how, throughout the season, she had been looking out for them, trying to make sure they were okay, and they mocked her for it. called her "a villain to the villains". because they didn't need anyone worrying about safety risks to them, they were supposed to be the safety risks to everyone else. and then they sent her off to her death without even bothering to go with her because surely their scary Scarlet Pearl could handle it just fine. thinking about just how many things "the best of us, killed by the worst of us" could mean.